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France: the French Labor Court has the appropriate jurisdiction to examine the claims of former Congolese employees of the Gabonese company Comilog (co-employment)
In a decision on January 28, 2015 the Court of Cassation (France’s highest court) ruled that France’s labor jurisdiction was indeed appropriate and competent to hear the claims of 867 former...
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17 February 2015
France: a new bill on the duty of care by multinational companies now goes to parliament
The socialist group in the National Assembly has tabled a new bill on parent companies’ and contractors’ duty of care that is to be examined at the end of March. The Ministry of the Economy and...
Great Britain: the GMB continues its strategy of organizing ‘precarious’ workers
Faced with a changing labour force landscape and businesses’ increasing recourse to ‘precarious” employment contracts the GMB General union has correspondingly modified its long-term organisation...
16 February 2015
Norway: spotlight on the Working Environment Act
In spite of what has been termed an historic political strike that was held on January 28, 2015 and organized by the three main employee confederations LO (blue collar workers), YS (academics)...
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16 February 2015
Belgium: a united union front continues to put pressure on the government
Three employee unions are looking to put pressure on the government by organizing a major assembly for March 11, 2015 in Brussels. Even if the unions, with the exception of the socialist body the...
16 February 2015
EU: the Court of Justice of the European Union clarifies the issue of salaries payable to posted workers
As a result of its ruling in a case brought by a Finnish union against a Polish company, the CJEU has been able to clarify the concept applying ‘minimum rates of pay’ contained in a collective...
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16 February 2015
Denmark: temporary work increasingly popular in the construction and industrial sectors
A study* by The Economic Council of the Labour Movement (ECLM), (Arbejderbevægelsens Erhvervsråd: AE)** for the National Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees (HK) on developments in the use...
13 February 2015
International: IndustriALL Global Union defines new guidelines for future Global Framework Agreements
“IndustriALL Global Union has raised the standards for global framework agreements (GFAs) to better protect trade union and worker rights at all stages of a multinational company’s operations...
12 February 2015
EU: joint declaration on Telework in the insurance sector
Stemming from their 2002 Framework Agreement on Telework, the European social partners in the insurance sector have delivered this joint declaration in order to detail the implementation of...
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12 February 2015
Romania: the minimum wage to go up twice in 2015
On January 01, 2015 the minimum wage in Romania rose by 17 euros and will rise by a further 17 euros on June 01, 2015. These increases come at a time of favorable economic growth. GDP for 2014 is...
12 February 2015
Chile: draft law reforming the labor code is welcomed…but also criticized
The draft law that aims to reform the labor code ,which dates back to the era of General Pinochet, will be presented to parliament at the beginning of March 2015. The text that will end the...
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12 February 2015
Germany: the ver.di union commences hostilities as Deutsche Post looks to cut wages via setting up new entities
On February 10, 2015 the United Services Union (ver.di) denounced the current agreement on working time signed with Deutsche Post, which expires at the end of March 2015 (and the general...
12 February 2015
ASEAN: Thailand’s initiative to establish a common set of standards for labor rights
At a time when the ASEAN group of nations is looking to put an economic area in place by the end of 2015, the Thai government has designed a draft ASEAN agreement on the promotion and protection...
11 February 2015
Germany: unexpected problems in the transport sector over the minimum wage law that was designed to combat social dumping
Designed to combat social dumping and low wage, several provisions in Germany’s new minimum wage law are posing serious administrative problems for businesses and industries where, whether it be...
11 February 2015
China: the minimum wage is rising sharply in Shenzhen
Whilst the current public sector pension reforms are leading to overall salary rises in China’s administrative units, the city of Shenzhen, symbol for the ‘workshop of the world’ is also raising...
11 February 2015
Spain: the social partners to resolve the issue of reinstating the ‘ultraactividad’ (extension of validity of collective agreements beyond their expiry date) during the next inter-professional negotiations
Unions and business leaders are set to resolve an issue over the obligation or not to maintaining the working conditions set out in collective agreements beyond their expiry date and for the...
11 February 2015
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
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United Kingdom: government urged to legislate against forced labour
After consulting victims, businesses and NGOs, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) has published a report showing that the UK is lagging behind in the fight against forced labour. The...